Origins of the Cold War

Question 1

What year was the Yalta Conference in?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

What year was the Potsdam conference in?

Answer 2

1945

Question 3

What year was the Tehran conference in?

Answer 3

1943

Question 4

Countries in the Grand Alliance?

Answer 4

Britain, USA and Soviet Union

Question 5

Name the Big Three

Answer 5

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

Question 6

One agreement of Yalta conference

Answer 6

United Nations would be set up
Germany would have to pay reparations
Germany would be divided and demilitarised when defeated

Question 7

One agreement of Potsdam conference

Answer 7

Nazi Party banned
Berlin divided into zones of occupation
Council of Foreign Ministers set up

Question 8

One agreement of Tehran conference

Answer 8

USSR declare war on Japan once Germany defeated

USA and Britain agreed to invade Nazi-occupied Europe

Question 9

Name Roosevelt’s successor

Answer 9

Truman

Question 10

Two factors that ended the grand alliance.

Answer 10

USA dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 (gave them military advantage)
Truman tried to push Stalin around in Potsdam

Question 11

Date of the Long Telegram?

Answer 11

1946

Question 12

Date of the Novikov’s Telegram?

Answer 12

1946

Question 13

Two things that the Long Telegram said?

Answer 13

Soviets saw Capitalism as a threat that needed to be destroyed
Soviets building military power
Peace between Capitalists and Communists was not possible

Question 14

Two things that the Novikov’s telegram said?

Answer 14

USA wanted world domination and building military strength
USA preparing for war with the Soviets
Soviets were the only people after the war that could stand up to the USA

Question 15

Name two satellite states

Answer 15

Poland and Hungary

Question 16

What was a ‘satellite state’?

Answer 16

A country under the Soviet’s control and sphere of influence

Question 17

What year was the Truman doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

Answer 17

1947

Question 18

Two factors that Truman said in the Truman doctrine?

Answer 18

Countries faced a choice between capitalism and communism.
Communism evil and Capitalism good
USA must contain communism

Question 19

Two factors of the Marshall Plan

Answer 19

$13 billion from USA to help rebuild Europe

Countries must trade with the USA to get the money

Question 20

Two countries that took the money offered via Marshall Aid?

Answer 20

Britain
France
Germany

Question 21

Cominform set up when and by who?

Answer 21

1947 by Stalin

Question 22

One key point of Cominform?

Answer 22

Eliminated opposition to the Soviet control of Satellite States

Question 23

Comecon set up when and by who?

Answer 23

1949 by Stalin

Question 24

One key point of Comecon?

Answer 24

Built trade links between Comecon countries

Prevented Comecon countries signing up to the Marshall Plan

Question 25

Three countries in Comecon

Answer 25

Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary

Question 26

When was NATO set up?

Answer 26

1949

Question 27

Three countries in NATO

Answer 27

US, Britain and France

Question 28

One significance of NATO

Answer 28

It showed that Western governments would not accept future Soviet aggression

Question 29

Consequence of Cominform, Comecon and NATO

Answer 29

Western Europe in one camp linked to USA | Eastern Europe in one camp linked to Soviets

Question 30

What was Bizonia?

Answer 30

The area in which the USA and Britain Berlin zones joined together

Question 31

Countries in Western Germany

Answer 31

USA, Britain and France

Question 32

What year was the Berlin airlift?

Answer 32

1949

Question 33

Why did Stalin create a blockade in 1948? (2 key features)

Answer 33

To try and force Western powers out of Berlin and to prove he had the power to stop a divided Germany from working

Question 34

What year was the Warsaw Pact formed

Answer 34

1955

Question 35

One significance of the Warsaw Pact

Answer 35

There were now two opposing alliances in Europe (NATO and the Warsaw Pact)

Question 36

Two negative impacts on Hungary due to the Soviet control

Answer 36

Food shipped off to the Soviets | Any opposition in Hungary was wiped out

Question 37

Who succeeded Stalin and when

Answer 37

Khrushchev, 1956

Question 38

When was Nagy appointed prime minister of Hungary

Answer 38

1956

Question 39

One reform Nagy wanted for Hungary

Answer 39

To leave the Warsaw Pact

Question 40

When was the Soviet invasion of Hungary

Answer 40

1956

Question 41

One reason for the Soviet invasion of Hungary

Answer 41

Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy's reforms

Question 42

Two consequences of the Soviet invasion of Hungary

Answer 42

5,000 Hungarians killed | Nagy deposed

Question 43

How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956

Answer 43

200,000